A great biography is a kind of pilgrimage, walking in someone else’s footsteps while trying to understand their soul.

真正的自由是内心的自由。

词的体制，幽微美好，能够表达诗所不能表达的内容，但不能完全表达诗所能表达的内容。

The study of mathematics is like air or gravity – it’s everywhere, even if you don’t see it.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

作家的任务不是评判，而是理解。